- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* August 11, 2006
* MAEA0608.11
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD(not reported)
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Little Gull
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Whimbrel
Sanderling
Forster's Tern
Dickcissel
Fish Crow
Brown Thrasher
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Harlequin Duck
Red Knot
Marbled Godwit
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: August 11, 2006
number: (888) 224-6444
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: David Larson, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -
This is the Voice of Audubon for Friday, August 11.
The BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD that was trapped and banded in
Brewster last Sunday has not been seen since. The bird was discovered at the
hummingbird feeders at the residence at 36 Blueberry Pond Drive in Brewster.
The homeowner welcomes birders, but visitors are reminded to be mindful
of neighbors.
Recent sightings from the Southern end of Stellwagen Bank have included 600
GREATER SHEARWATERS, 200 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 10 MANX
SHEARWATERS, 2000 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 30 POMARINE
JAEGERS, 6 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 1 BLACK-
LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 100 COMMON TERNS, and 2 ROSEATE TERNS,
and reports from Plum Island this week have included 2 NORTHERN
HARRIERS, a PEREGRINE FALCON, 200 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,
50 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. 20 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 HUDSONIAN
GODWIT, 700 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 4 WESTERN SANDPIPERS,
60 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 10 STILT SANDPIPERS, 200 SHORT-
BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 4 LITTLE GULLS,
1 BLACK TERN, and 2 BLACK SKIMMERS.
Seen on the flats on the North River in Marshfield were 15 GREAT EGRETS,
1 LITTLE BLUE HERON, 250 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and 1600
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, at Nantucket there were 5 WHIMBREL,
800 SANDERLINGS, 750 COMMON TERNS, 200 ROSEATE TERNS, 2
FORSTER'S TERNS, and 31 BLACK TERNS, and miscellaneous reports
this week have included a PARASITIC JAEGER on the northern end of
Stellwagen Bank, 2 DICKCISSELS in Natick, 6 FISH CROWS and 2 BROWN
THRASHERS in Scituate, 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS in Plymouth, a
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in Mashpee, an out-of-season
HARLEQUIN DUCK and 150 RED KNOTS at Nauset Marsh in Orleans,
and 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS and 1 MARBLED GODWIT at South
Beach in Chatham.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* August 11, 2006
* MAEA0608.11
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD(not reported)
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Little Gull
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Whimbrel
Sanderling
Forster's Tern
Dickcissel
Fish Crow
Brown Thrasher
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Harlequin Duck
Red Knot
Marbled Godwit
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: August 11, 2006
number: (888) 224-6444
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: David Larson, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -
This is the Voice of Audubon for Friday, August 11.
The BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD that was trapped and banded in
Brewster last Sunday has not been seen since. The bird was discovered at the
hummingbird feeders at the residence at 36 Blueberry Pond Drive in Brewster.
The homeowner welcomes birders, but visitors are reminded to be mindful
of neighbors.
Recent sightings from the Southern end of Stellwagen Bank have included 600
GREATER SHEARWATERS, 200 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 10 MANX
SHEARWATERS, 2000 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 30 POMARINE
JAEGERS, 6 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 1 BLACK-
LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 100 COMMON TERNS, and 2 ROSEATE TERNS,
and reports from Plum Island this week have included 2 NORTHERN
HARRIERS, a PEREGRINE FALCON, 200 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,
50 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. 20 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 HUDSONIAN
GODWIT, 700 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 4 WESTERN SANDPIPERS,
60 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 10 STILT SANDPIPERS, 200 SHORT-
BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 4 LITTLE GULLS,
1 BLACK TERN, and 2 BLACK SKIMMERS.
Seen on the flats on the North River in Marshfield were 15 GREAT EGRETS,
1 LITTLE BLUE HERON, 250 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and 1600
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, at Nantucket there were 5 WHIMBREL,
800 SANDERLINGS, 750 COMMON TERNS, 200 ROSEATE TERNS, 2
FORSTER'S TERNS, and 31 BLACK TERNS, and miscellaneous reports
this week have included a PARASITIC JAEGER on the northern end of
Stellwagen Bank, 2 DICKCISSELS in Natick, 6 FISH CROWS and 2 BROWN
THRASHERS in Scituate, 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS in Plymouth, a
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in Mashpee, an out-of-season
HARLEQUIN DUCK and 150 RED KNOTS at Nauset Marsh in Orleans,
and 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS and 1 MARBLED GODWIT at South
Beach in Chatham.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript